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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is the narrator writing his confession in Chapter 2?
(a) To the Commandant.
(b) To the Congressman.
(c) To the General.
(d) To Bon.

2. What author is cited in the narrative as saying "East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet"?
(a) Rudyard Kipling.
(b) Alexandre Dumas.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Friedrich Nietzsche.

3. What does the narrator brush over the letters from his aunt in order to see the hidden messages in Chapter 4?
(a) Milk.
(b) Salt water.
(c) Sugar water.
(d) Iodine.

4. What character is the Thespian playing in the film?
(a) Captain Will Shamus.
(b) Sergeant Jay Walters.
(c) Captain Anderson Rockwell.
(d) Sergeant Jay Bellamy.

5. What kind of traditional dress does the narrator describe Lana having worn as a girl in Chapter 7?
(a) A tangzhuang.
(b) An ao dai.
(c) A zhongshan.
(d) A cheongsam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fictional spy character does the narrator describe sleeping peacefully on a bed of nails in Chapter 5?

2. Where does the narrator take the General and Madame to the Congressman's house for dinner in Chapter 7?

3. Who is the woman that Claude was forced to leave behind when he fled Saigon?

4. For how many years does the narrator say he lived in the villa with the General when the Fall of Saigon occurred in Chapter 1?

5. The narrator says in Chapter 11, "The longer I worked on the Movie, the more I was convinced that I was not only a technical consultant on an artistic project, but an infiltrator into a work of" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator become injured in Chapter 11?

2. How would you describe the narrative style of The Sympathizer?

3. How is the theme of duality explored in Chapter 4?

4. What does the narrator remark about propaganda in Chapter 11?

5. Who is the Congressman and how is his character first introduced?

6. How is the theme of sympathy explored in Chapter 12?

7. Who are the "Vietnamese" actors in The Hamlet with speaking roles and how are they described?

8. Where are the Vietnamese refugees taken after arriving in America in Chapter 4?

9. What happens to Bon's family as they flee Vietnam in Chapter 3?

10. Who is Claude? How does the narrator know this character?

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